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Telomere length in myelodysplastic syndromes.
Leukemia & lymphoma - 1 Aug 2011
Rollison Dana E, Epling-Burnette P K, Park Jong Y, Lee Ji-Hyun, Park Hyun, Jonathan Kristen, Cole Ashley L, Painter Jeffrey S, Guerrier Mayenha, Meléndez-Santiago Johana, Fulp William, Komrokji Rami, Lancet Jeffrey, List Alan F
Abstract excerpt
The relationship between telomere length (TL) and predisposition to myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) remains unclear. We compared peripheral blood leukocyte (PBL) TL among cases of histologically confirmed MDS (n = 65) who were treatment-naive with no prior cancer history to age-matched controls (n = 63). Relative TL was measured in PBLs and saliva by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and in CD15+ and...
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